Pie-pan cover.



R. M. BURNS.

PIE PAN COVER.

APPLICATION men ocnza. 1914.

1,251,860. Patented Jan. 1,1918.

ROSANNA M. BURNS, OF MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN.

PIE-PAN Application filed October 23,

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, Mrs. Rosanna M. Bnnns,a citizen of the United States, residing at Manitowoc, in the county ofManitowoc and State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pie-Pan Covers, of which the following is aspecification. Y

This invention relates to cooking utensils, and the object of the sameresides in the provision of a device to be used on pic pans when a pieis being baked.

It is a well known fact that in baking pies, especially when the fillingconsists of fruitand the like, the juice from the fruit in the body ofthe pie frequently is forced out between the upper and lower crusts, andto obviate this, the upper crust is usually provided with openings toallow for the steam to escape, but the said openings very quicklybecome-closed and therefore fail to accomplish the desired result. a

The openings in theupper crust being closed, there is no means for theescape of steam, and thus the juice of the filling of the pie beingcooked will be forced out of the body thereof and necessarily burn onthe pie pan or on the walls of the oven; if, however, the juice cannotbe' forced out the pie will not be baked properly. 1

More specifically, the object of this invention is to provide a coverfor a pie having means whereby the steam in the body ofthe pie isefiiciently conveyed therefrom and also to make provision whereby thesteam between the cover and the upper crust of the pie can be removed,and thus obviate any likelihood of the juice in the pie from beingforced out of the body of the same.

A still further object of this invention is the production of a deviceof the kind above described, that is, simple in construction, efficientin operation, consists of the minimum number of parts and therefore canbe manufactured for the minimum amount.

VVith these and other objects in view, this invention consists ofcertain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts, aswill be "hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1914. Seria1'No.868,259.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved pie pan cover. H Fig. 2 is a section through the device;Referring to the parts by reference numerals, this devicecomprisesessentially a circular body 10, the same beingmade of any P tented Jan;1-; 191

desired size so as tofit any desired size of e pie pan, and provided inthis body 10 there is a plurality of openings 11. Formed centrally andextending therefrom, is a tapering vent thimble 12, this thimble beingpreferably made integrally with the body 10 so as to provide a devicethat consists of the minimum number of parts Means is provided with thisdevice whereby the same can be handled readily and placed upon orremoved from a pie pan'in a very easy manner. The same comprises asubstantially 1nverted U-shaped handle 13 that at its edges is rolled asat 14 so as toprovide a rounded surface and thus producing an eificlentgripping means.

The device when in use is placed upon a pie pan, it being of courseunderstood that the pie ready to be baked is in the pan, and an openingis formed in the upper crust of the pie centrally thereof, and the ventthimble 12 engages in this opening and the circular body'lO isnecessarily spaced from the upper crusts of the pie. As the pie isbaked, the steam therein can escape from the same by means of the ventthimble 12, and if some steam lodges between the underface of too body10 of the cover and the upper crust, the same will be efficientlyconveyed therefrom by meansof the openings 11 in the body 10. I

What is claimed is i i A pie pan cover comprising a body having aplurality of openings formed therein, a downwardly extending thimblestruck from said body and a handle on said body as Copies of this patentmay be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Commissioneroflatents,

Washington, D. 0.

